Causal Cognition A Multidisciplinary Approach

Name: Causal Cognition A Multidisciplinary Approach
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ISBN: 9780198523147

ISBN-10: 0198523149

ISBN-13: 9780198523147

Edition: 1995

Authors: Dan Sperber, David Premack, Ann James Premack

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While most psychologists agree that understanding cause-effect relationships is fundamental to the study of cognition, exactly how those relationships should be interpreted is open to serious debate. In Causal Cognition, leading experts from a range of disciplines--including philosophy, anthropology, and comparative, social, and developmental psychology--come together to offer an interdisciplinary, cutting-edge account of the field. Reflecting on a range of topics, from the role and forms of causal knowledge (both in animal and human cognition) to the development of human causal understanding, the various contributors highlight areas where different approaches converge and conflict. The…

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List price: $125.00
Copyright year: 1995
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/18/1995
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 696
Size: 6.50" wide x 9.50" long x 1.67" tall
Weight: 2.530
Language: English

Introduction
Causal representation in animal cognition
Causal understanding in na"ive physics
Causal understanding in na"ive psychology
Causal understanding in na"ive biology
Understanding social causality
The legitimacy of domain-specific causal understandings: philosophical considerations
Domain-general approaches to causal understanding
Causal understanding in cross-cultural perspective
Afterword
Index
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